Sirijanga script
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The Sirijanga script is an indigenous writing system used primarily to write the Limbu language of the Limbu people of Nepal and neighboring regions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sirijanga script canonical | 2 |
| Sirijonga script | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8871362 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sirijanga script Context triple: [Limbu people, script, Sirijanga script]
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A.
Lontara script
The Lontara script is an indigenous writing system traditionally used by the Bugis and Makassarese peoples of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, to write their Austronesian languages.
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B.
Tigalari script
The Tigalari script is a historical South Indian writing system used primarily to write Tulu and Sanskrit, closely related to other southern Brahmic scripts.
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C.
Bima script
Bima script is an indigenous writing system historically used by the Bima people of Sumbawa Island in Indonesia to record their language and cultural traditions.
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D.
Warang Citi script
The Warang Citi script is an alphabetic writing system created in the 20th century for the Ho language spoken by the Ho people of eastern India.
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E.
Tirhuta script
Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sirijanga script Target entity description: The Sirijanga script is an indigenous writing system used primarily to write the Limbu language of the Limbu people of Nepal and neighboring regions.
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A.
Lontara script
The Lontara script is an indigenous writing system traditionally used by the Bugis and Makassarese peoples of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, to write their Austronesian languages.
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B.
Tigalari script
The Tigalari script is a historical South Indian writing system used primarily to write Tulu and Sanskrit, closely related to other southern Brahmic scripts.
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C.
Bima script
Bima script is an indigenous writing system historically used by the Bima people of Sumbawa Island in Indonesia to record their language and cultural traditions.
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D.
Warang Citi script
The Warang Citi script is an alphabetic writing system created in the 20th century for the Ho language spoken by the Ho people of eastern India.
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E.
Tirhuta script
Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | writing system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Limbu script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sirijonga script NERFINISHED ⓘ Srijanga script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoUsedFor | religious texts of Limbu people ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguageFamily | Sino-Tibetan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Himalayan region ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Kirat Mundhum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfUse |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| digitalSupport |
supported in Unicode-compliant fonts
ⓘ
supported in modern operating systems ⓘ |
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Limbu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
consonant base letters
ⓘ
independent vowel letters ⓘ punctuation marks ⓘ vowel signs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
consonant letters
ⓘ
inherent vowel ⓘ numerals ⓘ vowel diacritics ⓘ |
| hasISO15924Code | Limb ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | Limbu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUserCommunity | Limbu diaspora communities ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystemType | alphabetic-syllabic ⓘ |
| primaryRegionOfUse | eastern Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptStatus | living script ⓘ |
| timeOfModernRevival | 20th century ⓘ |
| unicodeBlockRange | U+1900–U+194F ⓘ |
| usedBy | Limbu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
secular Limbu literature
ⓘ
traditional Limbu manuscripts ⓘ writing the Limbu language ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | schools in Limbu-speaking regions of Nepal ⓘ |
| usedInMedia | Limbu-language publications ⓘ |
| writingDirection | horizontal ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor | Limbu language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sirijanga script Description of subject: The Sirijanga script is an indigenous writing system used primarily to write the Limbu language of the Limbu people of Nepal and neighboring regions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sirijonga script